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Beda

A Journey to the Seven Kingdoms at the Time of Bede

by Henrietta Leyser
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015

Written by the Oxford historian Henrietta Leyser, BEDA is a gazetteer to the remaining Anglo-Saxon ruins in England, many of them from the time of the Venerable Bede. For those who have bought Simon Jenkins' 100 Best Churches and now want something different, this is an invaluable window onto the...
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The Black Watch

Fighting in the Frontline 1899-2006

by Victoria Schofield
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017

Formed into a regiment in 1739 and named for the dark tartan of its soldiers' kilts, The Black Watch has fought in almost every major conflict of nation and empire between 1745 and the present, and has a reputation second to none. Following on from The Highland Furies, in which she traced the regiment's...
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by Anthony Everitt
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014

SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus. A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world. Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying...
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Black Angel

nightmarish horror from a true master

by Graham Masterton
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017

A serial killer is on the loose in San Francisco. Only when Lieutenant Larry Foggia is assigned to the case does the true horror of the killer's motive come to light. A ritual killer – nicknamed 'Satan' – stalks the city, killing in terrible ways with no apparent motive. Enter Lieutenant...
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by Neil Hegarty
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016

A haunting debut set in the harsh, beautiful landscape of Ireland's north coast. Patrick Jackson lies on his deathbed in Derry and recalls a family history marked by secrecy and silence, and a striking absence of conventional pieties. He remembers the death of an eight-year-old girl, whose...
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by E.M. Reapy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016

A group of young Irish migrants leave a man called Hopper for dead on an outback road in Australia. They barely know him; no-one will miss him in their world of hostels, wild nights on cheap wine and grinding work on isolated farms. In this powerful novel about the discovery of responsibility,...
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House of Snow

An Anthology of the Greatest Writing About Nepal

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Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016

In April 2015, catastrophic earthquakes left Nepal devastated. Over 7,000 people lost their lives and more than twice as many were injured. Hundreds of thousands were made homeless and UNESCO World Heritage sites were destroyed. HOUSE OF SNOW is the biggest, most comprehensive and most beautiful...
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by Max Adams
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015

The bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain in eight walks, an epic sea voyage and a north-south ride by motorbike. The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death of Alfred the Great (899) have left few voices...
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A Mother's Story

The powerful family drama from the number 1 bestseller

by Amanda Prowse
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015

From the million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Coordinates Of Loss and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter/i>, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? I deserve all this because I did the worst thing a woman can do. The...
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by David Essex
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015

Poems from the heart by a man who has lived – and loved – life to the full. In the 70s he was a huge pop star, with Number 1 hits like 'Rock On' and 'Hold Me Close'. In the 80s and 90s he became a star of the stage with lead roles in GODSPELL and MUTINY! Most recently he became a Number...
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De Valera

Long Fellow, Long Shadow

by Tim Pat Coogan
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015

Eamon de Valera – 'The Long Fellow' – remains a towering presence whose shadow still falls over Irish life. The history of Ireland for much of the twentieth century is the history of de Valera. From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his...
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The Olive Garden Choir

An uplifting page-turner set under the Greek sun

by Leah Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019

An evocative novel of secrets, love and redemption under the Greek sun. Perfect for fans of Kate Furnivall and Julia Gregson. They have come to Santaniki for different reasons. Some with a dream of happiness. Some running from sadness and failure. But all of them have fallen in love with this most...
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by Gabriel King
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017

'Absolutely magical ... Always intriguing' Richard Adams author of Watership Down. Behind the realm of man lie the wild roads. Weaving through time and space, these hidden pathways carry the natural energies – the spirits, the dreams – of the world. No creature can slip into the...
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by Alexander Larman
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016

One was the mother who bore him; three were women who adored him; one was the sister he slept with; one was his abused and sodomized wife; one was his legitimate daughter; one was the fruit of his incest; another was his friend Shelley's wife, who avoided his bed and invented science fiction instead. Nine...
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